Helen Storer is an English bassist, guitarist and singer-songwriter from
Cheshire, England.
She began her musical career as a teenager in the high-profile punk rock band
Fluffy who were signed to Hut/
Virgin Records
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by Tom Zutaut of
Geffen. Fluffy toured worldwide with acts including the
Sex Pistols,
Foo Fighters,
Marilyn Manson and
Neurotic Outsiders
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. They were also one of the bands on the ''NME''
Brat Bus tour.
Storer moved to Los Angeles in the late 1990s and played in the band
Fireball Ministry
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Biography
Formed in Cincinnati in the late 1990s by James A. Rota II and Emily Burton, Fireball Ministry moved to New York City before settling in ...
as well as
Duff McKagan
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's band
Loaded. She is also a contributing backing vocalist on the
Twilight Singers
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record "She Loves You."
Her solo project band,
Thee Heavenly Music Association, with
Dave Krusen
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of Pearl Jam, was praised by the underground indie press.
References
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English rock bass guitarists
Women bass guitarists
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Jack Off Jill members